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Favorite crash cymbal? Last viewed: 4 hours ago

Posts: 42 Threads: 6

Not the oldest or the rarest, but the one crash that has the perfect sound for you. Mine is a standard 80's 18" A.Zildjian Medium Thin Crash.

My one cymbal I compare all others to. Exceptional sound.

1964 Ludwig Super Classics in WMP.
13/22/16/16
Ludwig Acrolite snare from the 70's
Speed King Pedal
A.Zildjian K.Zildjian and Paiste cymbals
Evans, Aquarian, Ludwig and Remo heads
Zildjian 5A drumsticks (nylon tip)
Posted on 13 years ago
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They are all Paiste vintage models

(2) 18" preserial number Paiste 602 mediums,

(1) 20" Paiste medium preserial number 602

(1) Paiste 16" medium 2002 black labeled

(1)Paisre 18" medium 2002 black labled

(1) Paiste 20" medium 2002 black labled

Your drummers not much good is he!? What you need is someone that's as good as me. ! John Henry Bonham !!
Posted on 13 years ago
#2
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Tie between the one Keith moon hits five hundred times in Teenage Wasteland and the one Stephen Adler uses on paradise city. They both epitomize what a rock and roll crash should sound like to me.

"If it doesn't matter who wins or loses then why the hell do they keep score Peg? - Al Bundy
Posted on 13 years ago
#3
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I once sat in on a guys 60s blue sparkle Ludwig kit. He had an 18" old Turkish K that I tried to talk him out of but had no luck in doing. It sounded dark and throaty like a dragon breathing deeply. I've been hunting for one ever since, but they don't all sound that way.

I have an 18" K Custom Fast Crash that is kinda throaty and trashy, but not nearly as dark as the dragon. :(

I've really started liking the old Sabian HHX-treme crashes that Matt Abts played on Gov't Mule's High & Mighty and Deja Voodoo CDs and the A Tail of Two Cities DVD. Sabian doesn't hammer them the same way anymore, so they sound like any other HHX or K.

I'm no guru, just a vintage drum junkie!

Psalm 150:5
1945 Slingerland RK sparkling gold pearl 26/13/14/16/early 50s 5.5x14 Krupa RK
1967 Slingerland green glass glitter 20/12/14/Hollywood Ace
60s Slingerland 24/13/16/7x14 project
24/13/16/7x14 project RKs
60s 5 & 6.5 Sound Kings
1942 7x14 WMP Krupa RK
1930s Slingerland Universal
1967 Ludwig Hollywood sparkling blue pearl 22/12/13/16
1967 Ludwig Supraphonic 400 & 402
1965 Ludwig Jazz Fest sparkling blue pearl
1923 Ludwig 5x14 NOB
Posted on 13 years ago
#4
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I have 2 fav's (right now)

18" Krut Special

16" K Custom Dark

dont mock my Krut...I kid you not it sounds amazing.

Posted on 13 years ago
#5
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From 60'sOldLudwigs

Not the oldest or the rarest, but the one crash that has the perfect sound for you.

I guess ... ... ... maybe ... ... ... ummmmmmm ... ... ... well ... ... ...

ONE crash???

I guess it would be a Meinl Byzance Traditional 20 Thin Ride. It has a nice front end that precedes a beautiful warm crash that has a wonderful shimmer and the perfect sustain. It is a Ride, so it does excellent double-duty with an incredible bell, woody sticking, and an amazing cushion.

What Would You Do
Posted on 13 years ago
#6
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Paragon 16 and 18".

Joe


“I did not trip and fall. I attacked the floor and I believe I am winning.”
Posted on 13 years ago
#7
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Avedis & Cie 18" "Vintage" crash -really more of a crash/ride. I tend to crash on ride cymbals and ride on crash cymbals!

"God is dead." -Nietzsche

"Nietzsche is dead." -God
Posted on 13 years ago
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From O-Lugs

Avedis & Cie 18" "Vintage" crash -really more of a crash/ride. I tend to crash on ride cymbals and ride on crash cymbals!

Cool1 That is a very nice cymbal also. I bought a 16" last year and should have bought an 18" to go with it. I had the chance and didn't, now I'm keeping my eyes and ears open for one.

I'm no guru, just a vintage drum junkie!

Psalm 150:5
1945 Slingerland RK sparkling gold pearl 26/13/14/16/early 50s 5.5x14 Krupa RK
1967 Slingerland green glass glitter 20/12/14/Hollywood Ace
60s Slingerland 24/13/16/7x14 project
24/13/16/7x14 project RKs
60s 5 & 6.5 Sound Kings
1942 7x14 WMP Krupa RK
1930s Slingerland Universal
1967 Ludwig Hollywood sparkling blue pearl 22/12/13/16
1967 Ludwig Supraphonic 400 & 402
1965 Ludwig Jazz Fest sparkling blue pearl
1923 Ludwig 5x14 NOB
Posted on 13 years ago
#9
Posts: 42 Threads: 6

From Shawn M

I have 2 fav's (right now)18" Krut Special16" K Custom Darkdont mock my Krut...I kid you not it sounds amazing.

I certainly won't mock your Krut.

Had a 16" Krut years ago that blew me away..

Wish I still had it.

'

1964 Ludwig Super Classics in WMP.
13/22/16/16
Ludwig Acrolite snare from the 70's
Speed King Pedal
A.Zildjian K.Zildjian and Paiste cymbals
Evans, Aquarian, Ludwig and Remo heads
Zildjian 5A drumsticks (nylon tip)
Posted on 13 years ago
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